Navy

A Reunion White Glove Inspection

Lieut. Commander Frank Romanick, while executive officer of Navy Destroyer USS Ingersoll (Korea 1952-54) conducted 50 shipboard inspections. 43 years later, 70 former shipmates and...

Follow-Up

In our summer issue, we included a plea for service ID numbers for escort carrier sailors and airmen from Luther Royds, USS Tripoli CVE64/CVU-64. Thanks...

Valor Transcends

Dorie Miller, the first African American recipient of the Navy Cross, was ordered to save himself from the blazing USS West Virginia December 7, 1941....

To Lead and to Serve

For over 150 years, the mission of the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, has been to develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically to become professional...

USS Intrepid meets in Naples, Florida

About 30 crew members of the infamous aircraft carrier, the USS Intrepid, met at The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club in Naples, Florida for...

Silent Service Speaks

The secret is out. The US Navy is lifting the cloak hanging over its fleet of submarines as part of its "Submarine Centennial," which features...

Reunion in Review

Frank Romanick, Captain USN (Ret), reports that the reunion of the USS Ingersoll, held at the Lodge of the Ozarks, Brandon, Missouri, drew 152 including...

Dwindling Heroes

Military reunion planner Bud Galow faces a sad problem each time he prepares for his World War II battleship USS Tennessee reunion. Instead of having...

Veterans Triumph on Trans-Atlantic Journey on LST-325

World War II and Korean War veterans sailed into Mobile, Alabama, on a LST-325 warship from WWII. The Coast Guard warned the 29 member crew,...

Climb Aboard

Explore battleships in Norfolk, Virginia. Visit Nauticus and the Battleship Wisconsin to experience life on a battleship. The Wisconsin is the last and largest battleship...